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Carlyle adds equity and seeks tight pricing with 2016 European CLO reset
3 years ago
Carlyle Group is looking to add equity and price triple A debt tight to the primary CLO market with a €434.3 million reset of its 2016 transaction, Carlyle Global Market Strategies Euro CLO 2016-2 -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: 2020 deals trade at premium
3 years ago
As the primary CLO market continues to grind tighter, the secondary market is holding steady, but last year's vintages are trading well as they near the end of their call-locks -
Euro CLO repricing hits €4bn as Jefferies arranges first deal and Investcorp drops double Bs
3 years ago
Spread compression is driving European CLO refinancing activity, with three transactions pricing on Friday: Carlyle Euro CLO 2017-2, Harvest CLO XVI and Man GLG Euro CLO III -
Euro CLO league tables: Killer Bs: Barclays and Blackstone cause buzz to lead new issuance
3 years ago
The coronavirus pandemic-induced volatility had a marked effect on the European CLO market in 2020 with total issuance falling by €18.5 billion and new issuance €7.8 billion lower than 2019’s figures -
Global CLO league tables - November 2020 YTD
3 years ago
Global CLO league tables - November 2020 YTD -
Euro CLO league tables: Barclays heads close race for new issues
3 years ago
Bridgepoint became the fifth European debut manager in 2020 when it teamed up with Barclays to price Bridgepoint CLO I on 13 November. The €301.85 million deal featured triple A notes at 121bp over Euribor, 11bp wide of market tights -
CLO triple A benchmark hits 105bp in Europe as Carlyle returns
3 years ago
.Carlyle Group has priced its first European CLO post March-sell off, setting a new benchmark for triple As -
CLO pipeline: LCM switches arranger to complete deal and join issuance surge
3 years ago
Over $3.5 billion of global CLO issuance priced last week and managers in all three CLO markets are taking advantage of tightening spreads across the capital structure after three major covid-19 vaccine breakthroughs and increased confidence since the US presidential election -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: Secondary markets rally despite ‘worst liquidity seen all year’
3 years ago
An adjournment in the US for Veterans Day last week still left plenty of time for the CLO secondary market to rally, thanks to Pfizer's covid-19 vaccine breakthrough and a firmer indication of the US presidential election results -
US and European CLO PMs earn promotion as Carlyle's Pace takes on new role
3 years ago
Carlyle Group’s global head of liquid credit has decided to take on a new role as vice chair of global credit, according to an internal memo seen by Creditflux, which will involve investing capital across the Carlyle platform -
European CLO managers switch legacy deals to originators ahead of Brexit deadline
3 years ago
A few European CLO managers are undertaking house keeping ahead of the end of the Brexit transition period in January, by switching the method by which their legacy CLOs comply with risk retention from sponsor to originator -
CLO pipeline: three behemoths prepare for quick-turnaround new issues
3 years ago
CLO managers have printed at a frenetic pace since the start of the quarter with $3.36 billion of issuance across all CLO markets and pricing types -
Faith in structures has been rewarded
3 years ago
CLOs have been resilient against covid-19 fallout, said speakers at Creditflux’s CLO Symposium last month. But there’s always room to improve and 3.0 deals may add ESG and bullet tranches -
Six triple Bs trade in line with primary as 78-item euro CLO b-wic concludes
3 years ago
All 78 European bonds that appeared on a b-wic yesterday at 9am New York time (2pm UK time) traded with colour - strongly suggesting that the auction represented the unwind of a fund. -
CLOs hold €250 million of defaulted French events organiser Comexposium
3 years ago
CLOs hold €246.1 million of French events organiser Comexposium, which entered safeguard protection in the Commercial Court of Nanterre on Wednesday -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: CLO lower mezz tightens while equity investors strive for duration
3 years ago
A large supply of CLO paper flooded the secondary market last week as $1.5 billion of US CLO bonds and €370 million of European CLOs were listed, according to CLO-i -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: dealers get involved amid rally, but dispersion persists
3 years ago
The CLO secondary markets returned to form last week with $716.2 million of US CLO bonds and a further €306.5 million of European CLO paper listed. Although for both markets over half of the total volume listed came from Thursday’s scheduled b-wics -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: Palmer Square sets highest cover as double B curve inverts
3 years ago
Palmer Square and MJX set the CLO secondary market trading range, but pickings in Europe were the slimmest they have been in almost five months -
Euro CLO league tables: Apollo blasts its way to top spot
3 years ago
July marked the largest month of European CLO issuance since coronavirus pandemic-induced volatility hit financial markets -
Global CLO league tables - July 2020 YTD
3 years ago
Global CLO league tables - July 2020 YTD -
Carlyle defers $4 million CLO management fees in the second quarter
3 years ago
Carlyle Group deferred $4 million subordinate fees on its CLOs in the second quarter, representatives for the firm announced on the company's earnings call on Thursday -
Beneath the triple C: downgrades hold steady as Travelport loses its luggage
3 years ago
For the second month in a row downgrades to triple C steadied, with just under $9 billion of CLO loans falling to this rating across 34 corporate borrowers -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: spreads widen in short week to end manic June
3 years ago
A shortened week brought an end to a manic month of secondary CLO activity. $343.5 million of US CLO and €309 million of European CLO paper was on sale last week, dropping $1.05 billion and €170 million from the previous week -
Revolutionary ESG-linked loan wins CLO support
3 years ago
European loan investors welcomed a novel concept in June when Carlyle Group-backed Logoplaste issued the first term loan with pricing linked to environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors -
CLO pipeline: Managers prepare to build on momentum in July
3 years ago
The demand for new issue CLO paper is strengthening with eight US CLOs, one mid market CLO and three European CLOs preparing to print in the coming days
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